Various Artists - Royal Pageant / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The monarchy remains as popular as ever. Here is a programme of music for royal occasions, from coronations to weddings. Choirs, orchestras, military bands, organs and fanfare trumpets perform stirring music with plenty of good cheer, in a hearty programme of great British tunes. Album Tracks 1. Fanfare for a Royal Occasion 2. Orb and Sceptre 3. Zadok the Priest, HWV 258 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble) 4. I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me, Op. 51, InchPsalm 122Inch 5. Samson, HWV 57, Act III Let the Bright Seraphim (Arr. for Piano) 6. Welcome the Queen (Arr. for Wind Ensemble) 7. State Occasion 8. Suite in D Major IV. the Prince of Denmark's March, InchTrumpet VoluntaryInch (Arr. for Organ) 9. Crown Imperial 10. The British Grenadiers 11. The Indian Queen, Z. 630 Trumpet Tune and Air 12. God Bless the Prince of Wales 13. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 VI. Menuet II 14. Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1 V. Toccata Allegro 15. Military March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 39, InchPomp and CircumstanceInch (Land of Hope and Glory) 16. Alfred Rule Britannia (Arr. S. Malcom) 17. God Save the Queen

Album Tracks 1. Lyrische Stucke (Lyric Pieces), Book 8, Op. 65 No. 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen 2. Tillagan (Dedication) (Arr. R. Malmberg) 3. Det Vacksraste 4. Av Ianagtan Till Dig 5. Sa Skimrande Var Aldrig Havet (Never Did the Sea Shimmer Like This) (Arr. M. Ostergren) 6. I Folkviseton (Arr. P. Hogenas) 7. Karleksvals (Arr. M. Ostergren) 8. I Rosens Doft 9. Dar Bjorkarna Susa 10. Intet Ar Som Vantans Tider 11. Aspakers-Polska 12. Hjertets Melodier (Melodies of the Heart), Op. 5 No. 3. Jeg Elsker Dig (I Love But Thee) 13. Saa Tag Mit Hjerte (So Take My Heart) 14. Ellen's Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, Hymne An Die Jungfrau 15. Gianni Schicchi O Mio Babbino Caro 16. A Chloris 17. Sommarnat

The fine arts, not least music, always played an important role in the Bernadotte family's life - ever since the French Field Marshal Jean Baptiste Bernadotte came to Sweden in 1810 and, as Charles XIV John of Sweden (Karl XIV Johan), ascended to the throne and founded the current Swedish royal dynasty. Many members of the Swedish royal family have doubt-less been musically gifted. They have not only exercised their duties as patrons of the country's musical life but were also playing the piano, singing and writing their own music. The compositions that many family members left behind reveal a talent that often rises above what might be expected of the typical 19th-century amateur musician. This features music by members of the Royal Dynasty Bernadotte in Sweden.